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I listened to the CBC program.
It repeats the notion that used CANDU fuel is
"waste".
It gives currency to the anti-nuclear B.S.
that used fuel is an "unsolvable problem". It keeps emphasizing
uncertainties about the safety of the "toxic", radioactive materials. Many
of the assumptions, hypotheses and concerns are unreal
and negative.
It puts a negative spin on nuclear power. It
brings up scenarios of potential nuclear phase out.
It does not mention the degree of natural
radioactivity in the environment and does not compare it with human-made
radioactivity.
It does not mention that low dose rate radiation is
biopositive.
It makes antinuke Norm Rubin of Energy Probe look
like a real expert and a real hero.
The one-page article by Lord Richard Taverne in
Prospect Magazine, available at:
sums up very nicely the problem we are facing in
this Age of Unreason.
Jerry
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Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 8:24
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Subject: [cdn-nucl-l] RE: Quirks &
Quarks Sept 18, 2004: Nuclear Waste Management
FYI, if you missed this Q&Q show, the full MP3 (about 13
MB) can be downloaded from their website at www.cbc.ca/quirks.
Jeremy Whitlock
> -----Original Message-----
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From: Whitlock, Jeremy
> Sent: September 15, 2004
12:12 PM
> To: Cdn-Nucl-LISTSERV (E-mail)
> Subject: Quirks & Quarks Sept 18, 2004: Nuclear
Waste Management
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>
> FYI:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quirks@interact.cbc.ca [mailto:quirks@interact.cbc.ca]
> Sent: September 15, 2004 11:25 AM
> To: quirks@interact.cbc.ca
> Subject:
[Quirks & Quarks] Quirks & Quarks Sept 18, 2004
>
>
>
Hello
>
> This Week on
Quirks & Quarks our feature item is:
>
> The Nuke Waste Disposal Debate.
>
> For the past thirty years, we've been
generating highly radioactive
> nuclear waste, with
no permanent solution for dealing with it. Now
> Canada is preparing a decision on what we'll do with our toxic
nuclear
> legacy. Many scientists believe we
should bury it deep in
> the ground -
> but now that idea itself is buried in controversy. The
waste will last
> up to a million years -- will it
take that long to find a solution?
>
> Plus - human waste disposal in space: NASA's
recycling plans are flush
> with success ...
>
> All that and more on Quirks
& Quarks, Saturday right after the noon
>
news on Radio One.
>
>
Bob McDonald
> Host
>
> ____
>
> Quirks & Quarks, CBC Radio One
> Saturdays at 12:06
> online
at http://cbc.ca/quirks
>
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